Actor Pernell Roberts has died

[Jeff Wrangler]

I dimly remember him as Adam Cartwright on Bonanza. I knew him much better as Trapper John, M.D.

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[southendmd]

This is a nice, albeit a bit cheesy, tribute to Pernell, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZkXI7YJnoU[/youtube]

[Ellemeno]

Pernell Roberts was my introduction to the fact that people age.  

One night, when I was a teenager, my mom and I were watching TV, and all of a sudden, she wailed, "Pernell Roberts, what happened to you?!"  I said, "Who's Pernell Roberts?"  The spreading, bald guy on the TV.  She remembered him (and lusted a bit, I suspect) looking like that perfect sample that Paul posted.

Now when I see people I haven't seen in several years, every now and then, I say to myself silently, "Pernell Roberts!"  I myself have doen a Pernell Roberts, though I do have hair.

R.I.P.

[Kerry]

I can't bring myself to watch the 80th birthday tribute. This is how I want to remember Pernell Roberts. Thanks for posting the pic, Paul.

I hadn't yet reached my teens when I fell for Adam Cartwright. I loved the way he dressed in black. Soooo cooool! When everyone else had the vapours for Little Joe (Michael Landon), it was Adam who sent my heart racing. He had a wonderful on-screen presence and I loved his voice. I'm off to YouTube now, to conduct a search for Bonanza.

Rest in Peace, Pernell.

[Kerry]

Pernell Roberts as
Adam Cartwright in
"Bonanza"

[Katie77]

I grew up with Bonanza every Friday night.

RIP Pernell Roberts joining the rest of the family in the big Ponderosa in the heavens.

[Penthesilea]

I also grew up with Bonanza (it aired a some years later in Germany).
Now they're all gone. That's a sad thought.


RIP Pernell Roberts.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I loved his voice.

He did have a wonderful voice. They mentioned on the NBC news segment about his death that he had been a singer, and also had supported and marched for civil rights.